Time Maswing

Media: Film, Sony Vegas Pro: Film Editor
Video Duration: 3m:15s
Size: Variable depending on projection surface




This is a continuation piece from the last project. I started thinking about why the inner workings of my head are likea machine..why the gears keep on turning. It's becuase I'm growing up. I have stress in my life. Everyday pressures. There are moments however when the gears stop turning and I shut down. It's when I day dream. Most of the time I daydream about things that I have already experienced and I'm reliving the past. When I was a kid, I didn't have any stress. I just had to be a kid. I could play and be free. I used to like swinging when I was a kid. It was fun because I could go higher and higher like I was a bird, or pretend that I was a fighter pilot flying a jet through the air. It never got old. And when I was ready...I would jump off at that pivotal moment and be completely free from the world. Just flying. Falling. I long for that freedom. With this video I’m gesturing towards the idea of transitioning from adult to child. I never want to be truly grown up. I will always hold on to a piece of my childhood. I also think that because my parents got divorced when I was young, it caused me to miss out on a lot of my childhood. Sometimes, I think now I’m trying to relive or make up those times.

Two sources:

I don't know if my choices for sources made my aesthetic choices richer. I tried to stay true to myself. If I took anything from these sources it was that idea.

Joan Truckenbrod is a digital media artist in theh USA. I chose Joan because she isdealing with the idea of growing up. Not necessarily with a single person but a group of families. She states that "each of us is costumed by societal expectations. Her artwork is obsessed with the inadequacies, inequities and cultural dysfunction of these social costumes." I feel that my piece and ideas closely resemble this statement. I think society has this view and it's instilled in all of us through media that we have to grow up to make money. To survive. To die. Where is the fun in that. I do not want my life to be pre-determined by society.

Murray, Bryan S. "CREATIVITY AND COGNITION 1996." January 1996 22 March 2008 .



"Kalani Lee's illustrations happen when Pop Culture, Fashion, Art, Rock n' Roll Spirit, and Cuteness meet up for tea and finger sandwiches." I chose her for the simple a couple of reasons. One we share a common theme in our illustration pieces...flat colors. Two I enjoyed the fact that when she describs herself in this article she claims that she is a kid at heart. Atleast I'm not the only one.

ANNA SUI T-SHIRT ARTISTS. ANNA SUI T-SHIRT ARTISTS. 22 Mar 2008 .


1.) So why did I chose to represent myself in this light?
2.) If you knew nothing about me, given my outer appearance would you expect me to go play on a swing or approach a project like this?
3.) What is more important? The sound track or video?
4.) What are the spatial or time relationships that are most important to you when watching?
5.) Do you think there is/was a better way to present or represent my idea?